How to Create A Popular Blog

If you want to make money through blogging, creating a popular blog is the
key to success. If your blog receives very little traffic, you will not have
much success monetizing it.

No matter which method you use to make money from your blog, you will find the most success if you have a large readership. Because of this, making your blog popular and growing readership should be one of your primary concerns.

There are many ways to make your blog more popular. The first thing you
should consider is who your audience is and who you are writing for. You
should always write about something that interests you, and that will
interest others.

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 You may think that your new kitten is the greatest thing since sliced bread, but there are probably not very many other people who want to read a blog about it. It is best to find a niche audience that is large enough to support a wide readership but not to vague.

One of the great things about blogging is that you do not have to be a professional writer to have a popular blog. You do have to obey common grammatical rules and at least be able to put together coherent
sentences, but you do not have to be a highly skilled writer.

Blog readers are looking for interesting, relevant topics to read, not the next
work of Shakespeare. Make sure what you write is interesting, edgy, or even
controversial. Popular blogs are never boring and add value to reader’s lives
either through information or entertainment. Make sure your blog adds
something of value to your reader’s life otherwise you will not develop a
large fan base.

Making your blog popular is a lot like driving traffic to a website. You can use
many of the same techniques to drive traffic to your blog. Finding places to link
back to your blog is a good way to drive traffic. Social sites such as Myspace,
Facebook, and You tube provide lots of opportunities for this.

 You can also use social book marking sites such as Reddit, StumbleUpon, and Digg to promote your blog. Blogging on a popular blog site such as Wordpress and Blogger are also good ways to make your blog more popular as these blogging sites help to bring in traffic for your blog.

Whether you blog on a blogging network or you have an independently
hosted blog, you need to make sure your blog is designed well. It is true
that content is king and if a blog has great content is may receive lots of
traffic even though it is ugly, having a well designed blog that is not ugly or
annoying will help to drive repeat traffic. You want your blog to look unique,
but not too unique. Keep with internet formalities such as blue links and use
large font for headings.

You should break your post up into small paragraphs each with a headline if
possible as internet readers tend to scan the screen looking for relevant
information rather than reading everything word for word. Make sure your
colors do not contrast too harshly and that the text is easy to read. Using
good design will make your blog aesthetically pleasing and make readers
more likely to come back and remain on your page.

No matter where your blog is hosted, you should try to get it indexed by all
the major search engines. Some forms of blog monetization require that
your blog be indexed by search engines before they will allow you to
participate in your program. The higher ranked your blog is, the more
visitors you will receive and the more popular your blog will become.

All forms of monetization for your blog require readers to work successfully.
Before you try to implement your monetization strategies, make sure your
blog has enough readers to make your efforts work. If there is no one to
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